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LOS ANGELES – Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones’ recent online lament about having trouble finding a designer to dress her for the film’s premiere points to the challenges actresses face when it comes to walking red carpets in style.

While one nice tux might carry a male actor through many a premiere, it’s customary for female stars to show up in new attire for every photo opportunity, which makes finding fresh, fashion-forward outfits for such occasions a time-consuming task, especially for women larger than a size 2.

“It’s so funny how there are no designers wanting to help me with a premiere dress for movie,” wrote Jones on 桑拿会所, who is 6 feet tall. “Hmmm that will change and I remember everything.”

It’s so funny how there are no designers wanting to help me with a premiere dress for movie. Hmmm that will change and I remember everything

— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) June 28, 2016

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But for designers, it’s not just about their star clients fitting into smaller sizes, said celebrity stylist Nina Hallworth. It also has to do with creating a mutually beneficial partnership between the clothier and the star.

“It is about how a designer wants to be represented as an artist,” Hallworth said in an interview. “We have worked with women who are sample sizes and incredibly well known and a designer will say no to that collaboration as creatively it is not a fit — even if we think it is.”

As it turned out, designer Christian Siriano responded to Jones’ call on 桑拿会所 last week and agreed to make her gown. He said in a statement that he’s a fan of the actress and her work.

Hmm what a difference a tweet makes. Should I name the designers that didn’t look out?Put y’all ass on blast. You will not get my love later

— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) June 29, 2016

“I can’t wait to create something special for her to wear,” the statement said. “I support all women no matter age or size!”

“It shouldn’t be exceptional to work with brilliant people just because they’re not sample size,” Siriano wrote on 桑拿会所. “Congrats aren’t in order, a change is.”

It shouldn’t be exceptional to work with brilliant people just because they’re not sample size. Congrats aren’t in order, a change is.

— Christian Siriano (@CSiriano) June 29, 2016

He followed up later in the week with photos of Jones visiting his studio.

Up to no good. 👋🏻 @Lesdoggg pic.twitter长沙桑拿/bolRUZE2Cq

— Christian Siriano (@CSiriano) June 30, 2016

It’s not clear how long Jones had been seeking a dress for the premiere, but she hasn’t been alone.

Other actresses outside the size-2 landscape have said it can be hard to find designers to work with, even for high-profile events. Melissa McCarthy said that when she was invited to the Oscars after the success of Bridesmaids, she couldn’t find anyone to make her a dress.

“I asked five or six designers — very high-level ones who make lots of dresses for people— and they all said no,” she told Redbook magazine in 2014.

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McCarthy has since launched her own clothing line and she helped design the dress she wore to this year’s Golden Globes.

Bryce Dallas Howard, who wears a size 6, said she bought her own gown off the rack for the Golden Globes, as she does for most Hollywood appearances.

“I like having lots of options for a size 6, as opposed to maybe one option,” she told E! News on the red carpet. “So I always go to department stores for this kind of stuff.”

Hallworth notes that designers who loan their dresses might have specific demands for how they’re worn.

“Free clothes can come at a cost to your own authentic style,” she said. “If you own those pieces, you own your image and can wear things in a way that speaks your narrative, not the designer’s.”

It comes down to an actress establishing a personal, individual look, she said, which then becomes a magnet for designers.

“Collaboration between designers and actors is symbiotic,” Hallworth said. “A great image can last a lifetime; a bad one longer.”

Whether you agree with Hallworth or not, one thing is certain – the conversation on the subject will likely continue on 桑拿会所. Here are just some of the tweets that have popped up amid the debate.

About @Lesdoggg and @CSiriano and clueless people saying she’s acting “entitled”… pic.twitter长沙桑拿/vdgMk0ZKhS

An Ottawa lemonade stand operated by two little girls was shut down on Sunday for not having the proper permits.

The lemonade stand, where seven-year-old Eliza Andrews and her five-year-old sister Adela were selling lemonade on Sunday, was shut down by an official from the National Capital Commission, according to a report by CBC News.

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The girls were selling lemonade to passing cyclists on a median next to NCC-operated Colonel By Drive, a road that is closed to motorists on Sundays during the summer for “Sunday Bikedays”.

The girls’ father, Kurtis Andrews, told CBC that although the NCC officer was polite, “I think that they need to relax a bit. I understand that they have to manage their properties but at the same time we’re talking about a five and seven-year-old raising money for camp.”

According to the National Capital Commission Traffic and Property Regulations, “no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale any drink, goods or wares,” without written permission from the NCC.

In an emailed statement, the NCC said it apologizes to the Andrews family for the inconvenience and met with them Monday “to see how we can support these two young entrepreneurs going forward.”

“Given the location of the lemonade stand, the Conservation Officer acted in good faith in applying the federal land use rules in place,” wrote the NCC. “However, we believe the situation could have been handled differently. Children’s lemonade stands are a time-honoured summer tradition that contributes to a lively Capital and the NCC wants to encourage these activities whenever possible.”

Hope for a quick resolution to the labour battle between Canada Post and the union representing 50,000 of its workers seemed to dim on Monday as the Crown corporation released a blistering statement in response the union’s latest offer.

Canada Post said it was “extremely disappointed” in the response from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) at the bargaining table in recent days.

“Late Friday evening, CUPW tabled offers that would add at least $1 billion in new costs over the term of a new collective agreement while rejecting the Corporation’s approach to address the long-term issues with the employee pension plan,” said a statement released Monday morning.

Canada Post also accused the union of demanding the reversal of several changes that had already been agreed to in the last round of negotiations in 2012.

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In spite of the fact that the two sides appear to remain far apart on numerous points, talks are reportedly continuing in the hopes of negotiating a deal.

Canada Post spokesman Jon Hamilton said the company has not given the required 72 hours’ notice of a lockout, nor has the union given notice of any job action. Both sides remain at the table and Hamilton said he hopes they can reach an agreement that is “affordable and reasonable.”

Changes to employee pension plans have been a key sticking point. Canada Post made new contract proposals about a week ago, and the union presented a counter offer on Friday.

That offer included wage hikes and rejects Canada Post’s plan to have new employees get a pension plan that operates like an RRSP instead of the defined benefit plan for current employees that guarantees a set level of retirement benefits.

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Hamilton says Canada Post has expressed frustration over the union’s proposal, which he says “puts us in the exact opposite direction of where we need to be as a company.”

On Saturday, the union called the wage increase offer presented by Canada Post last week “an insult.”

If no deal is reached, the two sides are now in a position to either strike or begin a lockout, which could disrupt mail services to Canadians across the country as early as Thursday if a 72-hour notice is served today.

The deteriorating status of the negotiations has been aired publicly in a series of statements issued on websites and to the media over the last few weeks.

LONDON – An unprecedented peek into Queen Elizabeth‘s royal wardrobe is taking place this summer at Buckingham Palace.

As part of the monarch’s 90th birthday celebrations, the Royal Collection Trust announced Monday that visitors will be treated to a special exhibition of the queen’s outfits, entitled: “Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style from The Queen’s Wardrobe.”

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OTTAWA – When shopping for a mortgage, most Canadians focus on the interest and how much they can save with a lower rate.

But paying a few extra dollars every two weeks instead of the usual monthly payment or making an extra lump sum payment once a year can also save borrowers thousands in interest and shorten the time it takes to pay off a mortgage by years.

Wade Stayzer of Meridian Credit Union says homeowners need to understand of how much they can afford to pay and work from there.

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Meanwhile, accelerated bi-weekly payments are calculated by taking what the monthly payment would be and dividing it by two and then making that payment every two weeks.

The effect is that you make the equivalent of an extra monthly payment every year compared with 12 monthly payments. The change could save you thousands in interest costs and shorten the time it takes to repay your mortgage by years.

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Extra payments now might also serve as a cushion against future increases in mortgage payments if interest rates rise.

Omar Abouzaher, a regional vice-president at the Bank of Montreal, suggested that windfall gains from things like an increase in income or the end of another regular expense be used on the mortgage.

“If your kids are out of daycare or you get a promotion and you’re OK with your lifestyle, you’re OK with your cash flow, why not apply this extra money on your mortgage payments,” he said.

Abouzaher suggested another tactic could be to use your income tax refund to make an annual lump sum mortgage payment.

“This lump sum goes directly toward the principal and not towards the interest, so will allow you to save a lot of money in terms of interest,” he said.

With mortgage interest rates hovering near record lows, Stayzer noted that putting more money into investments rather than making extra mortgage payments may be tempting.

But, he says that choice will depend on your financial plan and risk tolerance.

“What’s going to help you sleep at night,” he said.

“I know people who are really comfortable with mortgage debt and people that are saying ‘I can’t wait to get this thing paid off.’”

She finally called 911 and said she’s certain that’s what helped save her life.

“It’s very frightening,” she said. “It’s more frightening in hindsight looking back. What would have happened if I hadn’t dialed 911… if I hadn’t contacted emergency services. If I had have gone and had my husband drive me, what would have happened?”

A new report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows more and more Manitobans are opting to drive to the hospital instead of calling an ambulance.

“Sometimes I think I’d rather go in a car or a taxi even,” said one woman who spoke to Global News. “Sometimes there’s a long waiting period for an ambulance to come.”

In Manitoba, 51 per cent of patients who had a stroke showed up at the hospital in an ambulance in 2014-2015.

Only 33 per cent of heart attack patients took an ambulance. Both those numbers are the worst among all provinces and well below the Canadian average.

“A lot of times the ambulance wait times feel like it takes a long time,” said MGEU president Michelle Gawronsky. “The reality is it isn’t a long time. It just feels like it.”

The report found that Canada-wide, lower-income people were slightly more likely to use an ambulance than higher-income people. It also found that younger people were less likely to arrive with flashing lights and sirens.

In Manitoba, calling an ambulance can cost more than $500 but the Progressive Conservatives have said they will cut those prices in half by the end of their first term in office.

Health professionals are reminding Manitobans there are a number of reasons why it is always best to call 911, including the lifesaving treatment they can offer before you get to the hospital.

“There’s a lot of different medications we can give you inside your home,” said Ryan Woiden, Local 911 President, Winnipeg Paramedics. “Along with consulting with a cardiology team while you are inside your home, the team gets the ball rolling a lot quicker before it gets you triaged at an ER department.”

Some actors and actresses will go to extreme lengths to be “noticed” by casting agents, and it turns out Australian Rebel Wilson is one of them.

The 36-year-old star has admitted she purposefully gained weight early in her career to get famous.

Speaking to The Telegraph she said she noticed there were benefits to being overweight, specifically that women are seen as funnier if they’re bigger.

In her first play, she was cast alongside a girl who was bigger than she was.

“I was like: ‘Oh. That girl’s getting a lot of laughs, a lot easier than me. What is it?’ Because I don’t think there’s much difference in talent… And I remember distinctly thinking, ‘I think it’s because she’s fatter.’ And then, I don’t know if it was mega-conscious, but I thought, ‘How can I get more laughs? Maybe if I was a bit fatter…’ And then suddenly I was fatter, and doing comedy.”

The Pitch Perfect talent went on to say if she takes a few months away from the screen, her body weight drops and returns to its normal, natural size. Wilson told the paper she was athletic and had strong arms before hitting it big.

“I’ll take six months off, and just do a total transformation. But then, so many people go: ‘Don’t you do it!”

Her comments are similar to the ones she made to an Australian publication, Daily Life, last year.

“I took something that was seen as a disadvantage – no one thinks, if you’re fat, that you’re going to be an actress and everyone’s going to love you – and turned it into a positive. And bigger girls do better in comedy… “I don’t know why. Maybe because people find it easier to laugh. It’s very hard to laugh at someone who’s very attractive, I think. And normally those people don’t have a great personality anyway.”

As part of The Telegraph interview, the Bridesmaids star said the other reason she believes she grabs gigs more regularly is because she can ad lib.

“They know I’m going to embellish the script,” she said. “And I kind of think in Hollywood, if you don’t have that ability, you’re not going to last too long in comedies.”

It’s been a busy year for Wilson. She headlined her first major film, How to Be Single, and has a part in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. She’ll reprise the role of “Fat Amy” in Pitch Perfect 3 in 2017.

According to Natural Resources Canada, peatland accounts for about two to three per cent of Earth’s land surface, and about 25 to 30 per cent of the global boreal forest region. Of that, Canada is home to roughly 25 per cent.

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Bogs are home to peat, a collection of decayed organic matter and vegetation. This peatland collects more carbon than any other means on Earth. For that reason, when these areas burn, they release considerable amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

When peat burns, it can burn deep underground for metres, even in damp conditions, until its fuel is exhausted. These fires are known to smoulder underground, even riding out the winter months.

Due to climate change, warming temperatures and the rising incidence of drought conditions, there is concern that these peat fires will become more common. Melting permafrost can also add more peat to the forest, which in turn provides more fuel.

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Steve Taylor, research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service in Victoria, B.C., said that fighting peat fires can be more difficult than crown forest fires.

“The strategy in upland situations or non-bog fires is often to contain the fire by scraping the organic layer away down to mineral or soil by hand using crews with tools or bulldozers so you’re creating a fire guard,” he said. “But in a peat situation, where there’s likely a metre or many metres of organic material, that’s not necessarily possible, or it might not be ecologically sensible.”

As well, firefighters might have a more difficult time finding the fires.

“You can usually see open flame or smoke with infrared; but if the fire is burning deep and smouldering with no open flame [there may] not be a thermal signal,” Taylor said.

While it’s not known how the Burns Bog fire started, peat fires can begin in much the same way as large forest fires, with a lightning strike or a human cause, such as a discarded match or cigarette. In the case of a lightning strike, peat can ignite after a tree is struck by lightning and ignites, travelling down into the root and spreading throughout dried out vegetation.

Though we likely think of bogs as moist areas, they go through dry periods.

“Peat is quite dense,” Taylor said. “It has quite a significant energy content and will burn slowly, as long as it’s dry enough.”

The region experienced drier than normal conditions in April and May, which could mean that the peat has dried out centimetres into the ground or even a metre or more, Taylor said, allowing for favourable burning conditions.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Sheriff’s deputies found a large butcher knife with what appeared to be blood on it in an apartment where a Tennessee mother killed her four children by cutting their throats, court documents say.

Shanynthia Gardner, 29, of Memphis, has been charged with four counts of first degree murder while committing aggravated child neglect in the deaths of her three daughters and one son – all under the age of 5. Their bodies were found after deputies entered her apartment in a gated community in unincorporated Shelby County on Friday. Neighbours and friends of the family attended a vigil to honour the victims on Saturday.

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Gardner also faces four counts of first degree murder while committing aggravated child abuse; four counts of aggravated child neglect or endangerment; and four counts of aggravated child abuse. She is being held without bond, with an arraignment scheduled Tuesday.

An affidavit filed in Shelby County court by a sheriff’s detective identified the victims as 4-year-old Tallen Gardner; 3-year-old Sya Gardner; 2 year-old Sahvi Gardner; and 6-month old Yahzi Gardner. A fifth child, 7-year-old Dallen Clayton, fled the apartment and escaped the attack, the affidavit said. Dallen is Gardner’s son from a previous marriage.

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Gardner spoke by phone with her current husband, Martin Gardner, and acknowledged that she killed her children, the affidavit said. Attempts to reach him or relatives of the Gardners have been unsuccessful.

“This is a terrible act, an egregious act that has shocked, I believe, the community, and has shocked our staff to the core,” Shelby County Sheriff Bill Oldham said Saturday.

Deputies were called to an apartment complex in unincorporated Shelby County on Friday afternoon. When they arrived at Shanynthia Gardner’s apartment, they found her with superficial cuts to her neck and wrists, the affidavit said. Deputies also found four children with “severe lacerations to the throat,” the document said.

Two children were found in the living room – Yahzi was in her baby carrier and Sya was lying next to the carrier. The other two victims were in a bedroom.

The affidavit said Dallen was able to escape the apartment and run up to a man, yelling that his mother had stabbed his sister.

The man told officers that he saw Shanynthia Gardner come outside with a large knife in her hand, then re-enter the residence. Deputies found the knife in the apartment, the affidavit said.

Authorities have not divulged what circumstances they believe led to the killings. Oldham said investigators were trying to determine if Gardner has mental health problems.

The state Department of Children’s Service has offered its assistance to local law enforcement, but has no record of interaction with the slain children, said spokesman Rob Johnson.

About 30 people attended an outdoor candlelight vigil at the apartment complex on Saturday evening. They prayed for the four children, the surviving boy, and Shanynthia Gardner. A pastor poured water from a decanter onto the ground, in remembrance of the victims.

Sonya Clayton, Dallen Clayton’s grandmother, said she had not seen the boy’s mother for a few years. She said she was shocked by the attack.

“She was a sweet young lady,” Clayton said of Shanynthia Gardner. “What happened, I don’t understand.”

Later, Sonya Clayton said she forgives her former daughter-in-law.

“I know this is the work of the devil,” Sonya Clayton said. “I know this is not Shanynthia. And I pray and I love Shanynthia.”

Sonya Clayton said her son, Detrail Clayton, has not seen Dallen since the stabbings. She said her son is not doing well, and he wants to see Dallen soon. Sheriff’s officials say the boy has been under protective supervision.

Neighbour Mona Hansen, who attended the vigil, became emotional when talking about how her own daughter adopted three girls after their brother was killed by a parent. Hansen called the killings of the four children in the apartment complex where she lives “heart-wrenching.”

“Like the minister said, you don’t know what they could have been in life,” Hansen said of the Gardner children. “Their lives didn’t even get started yet, before they were taken.”